Journal article
Effects of Age of Onset of Partial and Generalized Seizures on Neuropsychological Performance in Children
The journal of nervous and mental disease, Vol.171(10), pp.624-629
10/1983
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198310000-00006
PMID: 6413648
Abstract
Neuropsychological performance data from 106 children with epilepsy were evaluated to determine the effects of seizure type and age of onset. The performance of children with partial seizures (N = 49) was similar to that of children with generalized seizures (N = 57). Only one of 13 tests showed a significant difference between groups, with children with partial seizures performing better on that test. The effects of age of onset were also similar in the two seizure groups. Children whose seizures began before the age of 5 years performed significantly worse than children whose seizures began later on four measures (Verbal IQ, Performance IQ, Trails A, and Trails B) and performed more poorly, but not significantly so, on the other nine measures in the battery. A breakdown of the partial group into simple partial, complex partial, and secondarily generalized partial seizure groups found a significant difference between the groups on only one variable, but there were suggestions in the data that the performance of the partial secondarily generalized group was worse than the other two groups. These results indicate that variables associated with an early onset of seizures, regardless of type, place a child at risk for cognitive dysfunction.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effects of Age of Onset of Partial and Generalized Seizures on Neuropsychological Performance in Children
- Creators
- Daniel S O’Leary - University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IllinoisMark R LovellJ Chris SackellaresStanley BerentBruno GiordaniMichael SeidenbergThomas J Boll
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of nervous and mental disease, Vol.171(10), pp.624-629
- Publisher
- Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/00005053-198310000-00006
- PMID
- 6413648
- ISSN
- 0022-3018
- eISSN
- 1539-736X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1983
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003482402771
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